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#6 Add entry-hotkey does not work after startup

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2004-10-09
2004-06-25
Lutz Ißler
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Any accelerator key assigned to an entry type (eg.
CTRL-A für "add new article") does not work immediately
after the Biber is started up.

After focusing the "add entry" button with the mouse
(with or without displaying the menu), the key works.

First, I thought this may be because the key is assigned
to an action in a popup menu, and this menu must be
displayed one time to activate the key. But this cannot
be the case for two reasons:

1. You do not need to really display the menu. Focusing
the "add entry" button suffices.

2. The import/export buttons also use accelerator keys
in popups. There, everything works fine (ie. pressing
CTRL-O immediately after startup shows up the Import
XML Bibliography dialog).

IDEA: Maybe this has to do something with the fact that
accelerator keys are assigned to the toolBar's
ActionMap. Import/export are buttons on toolBar, while
add entry is a button on the entryBar.

Discussion

  • Lutz Ißler

    Lutz Ißler - 2004-06-25

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    IDEA leads to nowhere: CTRL-SHIFT-N works fine, although it
    is assigned to a button on the filterBar.

     
  • Lutz Ißler

    Lutz Ißler - 2004-07-02

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    Further investigation showed that this is only the case with
    CTRL-A - eg. CTRL-B works fine.

    Has CTRL-A any special meaning within Java? Or was it
    accidently used anywhere else in Biber?

     
  • Lutz Ißler

    Lutz Ißler - 2004-10-09
    • milestone: --> pre-alpha
     

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